Hornbeck in Boro6

Someone I care about expressed delight in seeing Hornbeck boats. “They’re pretty, beautiful white and orange,” I recall a statement. Well, I have news for you: they’re Candies. What? are Candies? Well, many of them are ex-Candies, at least. That’s Otto Candies, LLC, Marine Transportation and Towing.

Like Patriot Service, ex-Sean Candies. From a distance, I imagined the black stack-fronts as darkened windows. Guess the total horsepower.

114′ loa and launched in 1996.

Spartan Star . . new to boro6 this summer? Formerly Domar Captain.

Redundant radars? Spartan is 101′ loa and launched in 1978.

Huron Service, ex-Eric Candies. Left to right in background: Zachery Reinauer and Baltic Sea. I first wrote about Huron here over a year ago.

Left to right here in Gowanus Bay: Huron Service 98′ loa and from 1981, Sea Service 104′ and 1975, and Atlantic Service 100′ and also 1975. Bridge in the background is the BQE.

Here’s Sea Service over at the Palisades anchorage . . . or is it called Yonkers anchorage.

Erie Service, ex-Brett Candies 98′ and 1981.

And here’s Michigan Service, ex-Kevin Candies 980 and 1981; along with Erie. Now given these names, you know there has to be a Superior Service. I’ve just never seen it. Maybe it operates elsewhere. Here’s the Hornbeck site.

When I saw the colors here, I thought it was a Candies boat operating as a Candies boat in boro6. Wrong. It’s Sandmaster of Amboy Aggregates. Oh, it’s ex-Ben Candies, 107′ and 1983.

Answer to Patriot Service hp: 6140.

All fotos by Will Van Dorp. Again, click on a foto to enlarge it . . . at least, it does so on my machine.